词汇 | sleek |
释义 | sleek adjective uk /sliːk/ us /sliːk/ (especially of hair, clothes, or shapes) smooth, shiny, and lying close to the body, and therefore looking well cared for; not untidy and with no parts sticking out: (尤指头发、衣服)平滑发亮的,整洁的;(外形)线条流畅的 The cat had sleek fur.那只猫的皮毛油光发亮。 Who owns that sleek black car parked outside your house?停在你房子外面的那辆造型优雅的黑色汽车是谁的? disapprovingHe's one of those sleek (= seeming rich and dishonest) businessman types.他是那种很滑头的生意人。 Synonyms satiny silkyusually approving smooth(REGULAR) Straight, even and level be (as) flat as a pancakeidiom clean clean-cut cleanly consistency fine-grained flat plane relax rhythm seamless sleekly sleekness smooth straight straightness super-smooth true ultra-smooth unbranched Related wordssleekly sleekness sleek | American Dictionarysleek adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/slik/ (esp. of hair or shapes) smooth, usually curved and shiny, and therefore looking healthy and attractive: The two horses paused, their sleek sides heaving gently as they waited. Examples of sleeksleek Developers appear inclined to entice the buyer with a sleek kitchen and oak floor, at the expense of craftsmanship and longterm maintenance. So did his person, which was sleek though free from corpulency. Design-wise, spermatozoa are a highly organized, sleek vehicle of paternal genetic materials and are a marvel of differentiation. The woman on the pedestal in the collage is about to be penetrated by the sleek, bombcarrying, machine. As they toss their heads, their long sleek black hair (in some cases tinted brown) swishes across their waists, the slimness of which is emphasized by shiny belts. They turn them loose upon the world like sleek, well-fed, but still hungry tigers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you once see a pack of sleek, well-trained hounds in hot pursuit of one frightened animal, no wonder it is unpredictable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the enemies of progress are there—weaklings, sleek, smug, comfortable, self-important individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But no, we look at the models, at these sleek, smooth lines and have a sense almost of sensuous pleasure and gratification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are sleek, soft-living degenerates to whom this kind of punishment will especially appeal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vast fields of maize, sugar cane, tobacco, citrus groves and sleek cattle look impressive, and they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want a sleek, prosperous industry of which they can be proud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, the executive director was sent around the old people's homes in his sleek sports car, sorting out the severe cuts that had been called for. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This car is nicknamed as sleek rocket, or pencil shaped rocket. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He went on to praise the show for its sleek, elegant story and called it anime's most pronounced homage to classic film noir. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of sleek These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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